2The next day there was a wedding celebration in the village of Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there,G2532G5154G2250G1096G1062G1722G2580G1056G2532G3384G2424G2258G1563 2and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration.G1161G2532G2424G2564G2532G846G3101G1519G1062 3The wine supply ran out during the festivities, so Jesus' mother told him, "They have no more wine."G2532G5302G3631G3384G2424G3004G4314G846G2192G3756G3631 4"Dear woman, that's not our problem," Jesus replied. "My time has not yet come."G2424G3004G846G1135G5101G1698G2532G4671G3450G5610G2240G3768G2240 5But his mother told the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."G846G3384G3004G1249G3748G302G3004G5213G4160 6Standing nearby were six stone water jars, used for Jewish ceremonial washing. Each could hold twenty to thirty gallons.G1161G2258G2749G1563G1803G5201G3035G2596G2512G2453G5562G1417G2228G5140G3355G303 7Jesus told the servants, "Fill the jars with water." When the jars had been filled,G2424G3004G846G1072G5201G5204G2532G1072G846G1072G2193G507 8he said, "Now dip some out, and take it to the master of ceremonies." So the servants followed his instructions.G2532G3004G846G501G3568G2532G5342G755G2532G5342 9When the master of ceremonies tasted the water that was now wine, not knowing where it had come from (though, of course, the servants knew), he called the bridegroom over.G1161G5613G755G1089G5204G1096G3631G2532G1492G3756G4159G2076G1161G1249G3588G501G5204G1492G755G5455G3566 10"A host always serves the best wine first," he said. "Then, when everyone has had a lot to drink, he brings out the less expensive wine. But you have kept the best until now!"G2532G3004G846G3956G444G4412G5087G2570G3631G2532G3752G3184G5119G1640G4771G5083G2570G3631G2193G737 11This miraculous sign at Cana in Galilee was the first time Jesus revealed his glory. And his disciples believed in him.G5026G746G4592G4160G2424G1722G2580G1056G2532G5319G846G1391G2532G846G3101G4100G1519G846 12After the wedding he went to Capernaum for a few days with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples.G3326G5124G2597G1519G2584G846G2532G846G3384G2532G846G80G2532G846G3101G2532G3306G1563G3756G4183G2250 13It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration, so Jesus went to Jerusalem.G2532G2453G3957G2258G1451G2532G2424G305G1519G2414 14In the Temple area he saw merchants selling cattle, sheep, and doves for sacrifices; he also saw dealers at tables exchanging foreign money.G2532G2147G1722G2411G4453G1016G2532G4263G2532G4058G2532G2773G2521 15Jesus made a whip from some ropes and chased them all out of the Temple. He drove out the sheep and cattle, scattered the money changers' coins over the floor, and turned over their tables.G2532G4160G5416G1537G4979G1544G3956G1537G2411G5037G4263G2532G1016G2532G1632G2855G2772G2532G390G5132 16Then, going over to the people who sold doves, he told them, "Get these things out of here. Stop turning my Father's house into a marketplace!"G2532G2036G4453G4058G142G5023G1782G4160G3361G3450G3962G3624G3624G1712 17Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures: "Passion for God's house will consume me."G1161G846G3101G3415G3754G2076G1125G2205G4675G3624G2719G3165G2719 18But the Jewish leaders demanded, "What are you doing? If God gave you authority to do this, show us a miraculous sign to prove it."G3767G611G2453G2532G2036G846G5101G4592G1166G2254G3754G4160G5023 19"All right," Jesus replied. "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."G2424G611G2532G2036G846G3089G5126G3485G2532G1722G5140G2250G1453G846G1453 20"What!" they exclaimed. "It has taken forty-six years to build this Temple, and you can rebuild it in three days?"G3767G2036G2453G5062G2532G1803G2094G3618G3778G3485G3618G2532G1453G4771G1453G846G1453G1722G5140G2250 21But when Jesus said "this temple," he meant his own body.G1161G1565G3004G4012G3485G846G4983 22After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered he had said this, and they believed both the Scriptures and what Jesus had said.G3753G3767G1453G1537G3498G846G3101G3415G3754G3004G5124G846G2532G4100G1124G2532G3056G3739G2424G2036 23Because of the miraculous signs Jesus did in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration, many began to trust in him.G1161G5613G2258G1722G2414G1722G3957G1722G1859G4183G4100G1519G846G3686G2334G846G4592G3739G4160 24But Jesus didn't trust them, because he knew human nature.G1161G2424G846G4100G3756G4100G1438G846G1223G846G1097G3956 25No one needed to tell him what mankind is really like.G2532G3754G5532G2192G3756G2443G5100G3140G4012G444G1063G846G1097G5101G2258G1722G444
3There was a man named Nicodemus, a Jewish religious leader who was a Pharisee.G1161G2258G444G1537G5330G3686G846G3530G758G2453 2After dark one evening, he came to speak with Jesus. "Rabbi," he said, "we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are evidence that God is with you."G3778G2064G4314G2424G3571G2532G2036G846G4461G1492G3754G2064G1320G2064G575G2316G1063G3762G1410G4160G5023G4592G3739G4771G4160G3362G2316G5600G3326G846 3Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God."G2424G611G2532G2036G846G281G281G3004G4671G3362G5100G1080G509G1410G3756G1492G932G2316 4"What do you mean?" exclaimed Nicodemus. "How can an old man go back into his mother's womb and be born again?"G3530G3004G4314G846G4459G1410G444G1080G5607G1088G3361G1410G1525G1208G1519G846G3384G2836G2532G1080 5Jesus replied, "I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.G2424G611G281G281G3004G4671G3362G5100G1080G1537G5204G2532G4151G3756G1410G1525G1519G932G2316 6Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.G1080G1537G4561G2076G4561G2532G1080G1537G4151G2076G4151 7So don't be surprised when I say, 'You must be born again.'G2296G3361G3754G2036G4671G5209G1163G1080G509 8The wind blows wherever it wants. Just as you can hear the wind but can't tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can't explain how people are born of the Spirit."G4151G4154G3699G2309G2532G191G5456G846G235G1492G3756G1492G4159G2064G2532G4226G5217G3779G2076G3956G1080G1537G4151 9"How are these things possible?" Nicodemus asked.G3530G611G2532G2036G846G4459G1410G5023G1096 10Jesus replied, "You are a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don't understand these things?G2424G611G2532G2036G846G1488G4771G1320G2474G2532G1097G3756G5023 11I assure you, we tell you what we know and have seen, and yet you won't believe our testimony.G281G281G3004G4671G2980G3754G3739G1492G2532G3140G3739G3708G2532G2983G3756G2257G3141 12But if you don't believe me when I tell you about earthly things, how can you possibly believe if I tell you about heavenly things?G1487G2036G5213G1919G2532G4100G3756G4459G4100G1437G2036G5213G2032 13No one has ever gone to heaven and returned. But the Son of Man has come down from heaven.G2532G3762G305G1519G3772G1508G2597G1537G3772G5207G444G3588G5607G1722G3772 14And as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,G2532G2531G3475G5312G3789G1722G2048G3779G1163G5207G444G5312 15so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.G3363G3956G4100G1519G846G622G3363G622G235G2192G166G2222 16"For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.G1063G2316G3779G25G2889G5620G1325G846G3439G5207G2443G3956G4100G1519G846G622G3361G622G235G2192G166G2222 17God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.G1063G2316G649G3756G846G5207G1519G2889G2443G2919G2889G235G2443G2889G1223G846G4982 18"There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God's one and only Son.G4100G1519G846G2919G3756G2919G1161G4100G3361G2919G2235G3754G4100G3361G4100G1519G3686G3439G5207G2316 19And the judgment is based on this fact: God's light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.G1161G3778G2076G2920G3754G5457G2064G1519G2889G2532G444G25G4655G3123G2228G5457G1063G846G2041G2258G4190 20All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed.G1063G3956G4238G5337G3404G5457G2532G3756G2064G4314G5457G3363G846G2041G1651 21But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants."G1161G4160G225G2064G4314G5457G2443G846G2041G5319G3754G2076G2038G1722G2316 22Then Jesus and his disciples left Jerusalem and went into the Judean countryside. Jesus spent some time with them there, baptizing people.G3326G5023G2064G2424G2532G846G3101G1519G1093G2449G2532G1563G1304G3326G846G2532G907 23At this time John the Baptist was baptizing at Aenon, near Salim, because there was plenty of water there; and people kept coming to him for baptism.G1161G2491G2532G2258G907G1722G137G1451G4530G3754G2258G4183G5204G1563G2532G3854G2532G907 24(This was before John was thrown into prison.)G1063G2491G2258G3768G906G1519G5438 25A debate broke out between John's disciples and a certain Jew over ceremonial cleansing.G3767G1096G2214G3326G1537G2491G3101G2453G4012G2512 26So John's disciples came to him and said, "Rabbi, the man you met on the other side of the Jordan River, the one you identified as the Messiah, is also baptizing people. And everybody is going to him instead of coming to us."G2532G2064G4314G2491G2532G2036G846G4461G3739G2258G3326G4675G4008G2446G3739G4771G3140G2396G3778G907G2532G3956G2064G4314G846 27John replied, "No one can receive anything unless God gives it from heaven.G2491G611G2532G2036G444G1410G3756G2983G3762G3362G5600G1325G846G1537G3772 28You yourselves know how plainly I told you, 'I am not the Messiah. I am only here to prepare the way for him.'G5210G846G3140G3427G3140G3754G2036G1473G1510G3756G5547G235G3754G1510G649G1715G1565 29It is the bridegroom who marries the bride, and the best man is simply glad to stand with him and hear his vows. Therefore, I am filled with joy at his success.G2192G3565G2076G3566G1161G5384G3566G3588G2476G2532G191G846G5463G5479G1223G3566G5456G3778G1699G5479G3767G4137 30He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.G1565G1163G837G1161G1691G1642 31"He has come from above and is greater than anyone else. We are of the earth, and we speak of earthly things, but he has come from heaven and is greater than anyone else.G2064G509G2076G1883G3956G5607G1537G1093G2076G1537G1093G2532G2980G1537G1093G2064G1537G3772G2076G1883G3956 32He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but how few believe what he tells them!G2532G3739G3708G2532G191G5124G3140G2532G3762G2983G846G3141 33Anyone who accepts his testimony can affirm that God is true.G2983G846G3141G4972G3754G2316G2076G227 34For he is sent by God. He speaks God's words, for God gives him the Spirit without limit.G1063G3739G2316G649G2980G4487G2316G1063G2316G1325G3756G4151G1537G3358 35The Father loves his Son and has put everything into his hands.G3962G25G5207G2532G1325G3956G1722G846G5495 36And anyone who believes in God's Son has eternal life. Anyone who doesn't obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remains under God's angry judgment."G4100G1519G5207G2192G166G2222G1161G544G5207G3700G3756G3700G2222G235G3709G2316G3306G1909G846
4Jesus knew the Pharisees had heard that he was baptizing and making more disciples than JohnG5613G3767G2962G1097G3754G5330G191G3754G2424G4160G2532G907G4119G3101G2228G2491 2(though Jesus himself didn't baptize them—his disciples did.)G2544G2424G846G907G3756G235G846G3101 3So he left Judea and returned to Galilee.G863G2449G2532G565G3825G1519G1056 4He had to go through Samaria on the way.G1161G1163G1330G1223G4540 5Eventually he came to the Samaritan village of Sychar, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.G3767G2064G1519G4172G4540G3004G4965G4139G5564G3739G2384G1325G846G5207G2501 6Jacob's well was there; and Jesus, tired from the long walk, sat wearily beside the well about noontime.G1161G2384G4077G2258G1563G2424G3767G2872G1537G3597G2516G3779G1909G4077G2258G5616G1623G5610 7Soon a Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, "Please give me a drink."G2064G1135G1537G4540G501G5204G2424G3004G846G1325G3427G4095 8He was alone at the time because his disciples had gone into the village to buy some food.G1063G846G3101G565G1519G4172G2443G59G5160 9The woman was surprised, for Jews refuse to have anything to do with Samaritans. She said to Jesus, "You are a Jew, and I am a Samaritan woman. Why are you asking me for a drink?"G3767G3004G1135G4542G846G4459G4771G5607G2453G154G4095G3844G1700G5607G1135G4542G1063G2453G4798G3756G4798G4541 10Jesus replied, "If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask me, and I would give you living water."G2424G611G2532G2036G846G1487G1492G1431G2316G2532G5101G2076G3004G4671G1325G3427G4095G4771G302G154G846G2532G302G1325G4671G2198G5204 11"But sir, you don't have a rope or a bucket," she said, "and this well is very deep. Where would you get this living water?G1135G3004G846G2962G2192G3777G502G2532G5421G2076G901G4159G3767G2192G2198G5204 12And besides, do you think you're greater than our ancestor Jacob, who gave us this well? How can you offer better water than he and his sons and his animals enjoyed?"G3361G1488G4771G3187G2257G3962G2384G3739G1325G2254G5421G2532G4095G1537G846G846G2532G846G5207G2532G846G2353 13Jesus replied, "Anyone who drinks this water will soon become thirsty again.G2424G611G2532G2036G846G3956G4095G1537G5127G5204G1372G3825 14But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life."G1161G3739G302G4095G1537G5204G3739G1473G1325G846G1372G1519G165G3364G1372G235G5204G3739G1325G846G1096G1722G846G4077G5204G242G1519G166G2222 15"Please, sir," the woman said, "give me this water! Then I'll never be thirsty again, and I won't have to come here to get water."G1135G3004G4314G846G2962G1325G3427G5124G5204G3363G1372G3363G3366G2064G1759G501 16"Go and get your husband," Jesus told her.G2424G3004G846G5217G5455G4675G435G2532G2064G1759 17"I don't have a husband," the woman replied. Jesus said, "You're right! You don't have a husband?G1135G611G2532G2036G2192G3756G435G2424G3004G846G2036G2573G2036G3754G2192G3756G435 18for you have had five husbands, and you aren't even married to the man you're living with now. You certainly spoke the truth!"G1063G2192G4002G435G2532G3739G2192G3568G2192G2076G3756G4675G435G5124G2046G227 19"Sir," the woman said, "you must be a prophet.G1135G3004G846G2962G2334G3754G4771G1488G4396 20So tell me, why is it that you Jews insist that Jerusalem is the only place of worship, while we Samaritans claim it is here at Mount Gerizim, where our ancestors worshiped?"G2257G3962G4352G1722G5129G3735G2532G5210G3004G3754G1722G2414G2076G5117G3699G1163G4352 21Jesus replied, "Believe me, dear woman, the time is coming when it will no longer matter whether you worship the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.G2424G3004G846G1135G4100G3427G5610G3754G2064G3753G4352G3777G1722G5129G3735G3777G1722G2414G4352G3962 22You Samaritans know very little about the one you worship, while we Jews know all about him, for salvation comes through the Jews.G5210G4352G1492G3756G3739G1492G3739G2249G4352G3754G4991G2076G1537G2453 23But the time is coming—indeed it's here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way.G235G5610G2064G2532G3568G2076G3753G228G4353G4352G3962G1722G4151G2532G225G2532G1063G3962G2212G5108G4352G846 24For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth."G2316G4151G2532G4352G846G1163G4352G1722G4151G2532G225 25The woman said, "I know the Messiah is coming—the one who is called Christ. When he comes, he will explain everything to us."G1135G3004G846G1492G3754G3323G2064G3588G3004G5547G3752G1565G2064G312G2254G3956 26Then Jesus told her, "I AM the Messiah!"G2424G3004G846G1473G2980G4671G1510 27Just then his disciples came back. They were shocked to find him talking to a woman, but none of them had the nerve to ask, "What do you want with her?" or "Why are you talking to her?"G2532G1909G5129G2064G846G3101G2532G2296G3754G2980G3326G1135G3305G3762G2036G5101G2212G2228G5101G2980G3326G846 28The woman left her water jar beside the well and ran back to the village, telling everyone,G1135G3767G863G846G5201G2532G565G1519G4172G2532G3004G444 29"Come and see a man who told me everything I ever did! Could he possibly be the Messiah?"G1205G1492G444G3739G2036G3427G3956G3745G4160G2076G3385G3778G5547 30So the people came streaming from the village to see him.G3767G1831G1537G4172G2532G2064G4314G846 31Meanwhile, the disciples were urging Jesus, "Rabbi, eat something."G1161G1722G3342G3101G2065G846G3004G4461G5315 32But Jesus replied, "I have a kind of food you know nothing about."G1161G2036G846G1473G2192G1035G5315G3739G5210G1492G3756G1492 33"Did someone bring him food while we were gone?" the disciples asked each other.G3767G3004G3101G4314G240G5342G3387G5342G846G5315 34Then Jesus explained: "My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work.G2424G3004G846G1699G1033G2076G2443G4160G2307G3992G3165G2532G5048G846G2041 35You know the saying, 'Four months between planting and harvest.' But I say, wake up and look around. The fields are already ripe for harvest.G3004G3756G5210G3754G2076G2089G5072G2532G2064G2326G2400G3004G5213G1869G5216G3788G2532G2300G5561G3754G1526G3022G2235G4314G2326 36The harvesters are paid good wages, and the fruit they harvest is people brought to eternal life. What joy awaits both the planter and the harvester alike!G2532G2325G2983G3408G2532G4863G2590G1519G2222G166G2443G2532G4687G2532G2325G5463G3674 37You know the saying, 'One plants and another harvests.' And it's true.G1063G1722G5129G2076G3056G228G3754G243G2076G4687G2532G243G2325 38I sent you to harvest where you didn't plant; others had already done the work, and now you will get to gather the harvest."G1473G649G5209G2325G3739G5210G2872G3756G2872G243G2872G2532G5210G1525G1519G846G2873 39Many Samaritans from the village believed in Jesus because the woman had said, "He told me everything I ever did!"G1161G4183G4541G1537G1565G4172G4100G1519G846G1223G3056G1135G3140G3754G2036G3427G3956G3745G4160 40When they came out to see him, they begged him to stay in their village. So he stayed for two days,G3767G5613G4541G2064G4314G846G2065G846G3306G3844G846G2532G3306G1563G1417G2250 41long enough for many more to hear his message and believe.G2532G4183G4119G4100G1223G846G3056 42Then they said to the woman, "Now we believe, not just because of what you told us, but because we have heard him ourselves. Now we know that he is indeed the Savior of the world."G5037G3004G1135G3754G3765G4100G3754G1223G4674G2981G1063G191G846G2532G1492G3754G3778G2076G230G5547G4990G2889 43At the end of the two days, Jesus went on to Galilee.G1161G3326G1417G2250G565G1831G1564G2532G1519G1056 44He himself had said that a prophet is not honored in his own hometown.G1063G2424G846G3140G3754G4396G2192G3756G5092G1722G2398G3968 45Yet the Galileans welcomed him, for they had been in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration and had seen everything he did there.G3767G3753G2064G1519G1056G1057G1209G846G3708G3956G3739G4160G1722G2414G1722G1859G1063G846G2532G2064G1519G1859 46As he traveled through Galilee, he came to Cana, where he had turned the water into wine. There was a government official in nearby Capernaum whose son was very sick.G3767G2424G2064G3825G1519G2580G1056G3699G4160G5204G3631G2532G2258G5100G937G3739G5207G770G1722G2584 47When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Jesus to come to Capernaum to heal his son, who was about to die.G3778G191G3754G2424G2240G1537G2449G1519G1056G565G4314G846G2532G2065G846G2443G2597G2532G2390G846G5207G1063G3195G599 48Jesus asked, "Will you never believe in me unless you see miraculous signs and wonders?"G3767G2036G2424G4314G846G3362G1492G4592G2532G5059G4100G3364G4100 49The official pleaded, "Lord, please come now before my little boy dies."G937G3004G4314G846G2962G2597G4250G3450G3813G599 50Then Jesus told him, "Go back home. Your son will live!" And the man believed what Jesus said and started home.G2424G3004G846G4198G4675G5207G2198G2532G444G4100G3056G3739G2424G2036G846G2532G4198 51While the man was on his way, some of his servants met him with the news that his son was alive and well.G1161G846G2235G2597G846G1401G528G846G2532G518G3004G3754G4675G3816G2198 52He asked them when the boy had begun to get better, and they replied, "Yesterday afternoon at one o'clock his fever suddenly disappeared!"G3767G4441G3844G846G5610G1722G3739G2192G2866G2532G2036G846G3754G5504G1442G5610G4446G863G846 53Then the father realized that that was the very time Jesus had told him, "Your son will live." And he and his entire household believed in Jesus.G3767G3962G1097G3754G1722G1565G5610G1722G3739G2424G2036G846G3754G4675G5207G2198G2532G846G4100G2532G846G3650G3614 54This was the second miraculous sign Jesus did in Galilee after coming from Judea.G5124G3825G1208G4592G2424G4160G2064G1537G2449G1519G1056
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there was a wedding celebration in the village of Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there,G2532
